heker@JVNCA.CSC.ORG (Sergio Heker) (05/26/89)
Status of the JvNCnet Phase II and Network Implementation
May 25th, 1989
by
Sergio Heker
Director for Networking
The JvNC has made significant progress in the establishment of Phase
II of the JvNCnet. In March 1989, the NSF announced a three year
award to the JvNC to establish JvNCnet Phase II. Early in March
1989, we conducted a series of meetings to inform the members
of the JvNCnet community of the plans for development of JvNCnet
Phase II . These meetings were very successful. We hosted more
than one hundred people from academic and industrial institutions,
as well as representatives from the National Science Foundation,
the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and the New
Jersey Department of Higher Education. Since then the following
progress has been made:
% The following institutions have been connected to JvNCnet
Phase II:
Rutgers University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Stevens Institute of Technology
Bell Laboratories
Bell Core
Princeton University
Institute for Advanced Study
Siemens Research
NORDUnet
JANET
% The following institutions are scheduled for connection to the
JvNCnet Phase II network:
Squibb & Sons
New York University *
Montclair State College *
Brown University *
American Mathematics Society
University of Rhode Island
University of Pennsylvania *
Penn State University *
Wesleyan University *
* presently connected to the JvNCnet network
% More than ten additional institutions are completing contracts
and will be scheduled for installation in the near future.
% Discussions are in progress with additional sites.
% Maintenance agreement signed with Rochester Telephone (RCI)
to support the JvNCnet
% All backbone circuits ordered and scheduled for installation in
June 1989
% All Cisco routers for the BNSs ordered and received at JvNC are
undergoing tests
% All the Datatel CSU/DSUs for the BNSs ordered and waiting for delivery
% All the additional equipment for the BNSs ordered and waiting to be
shipped
% Implementation meetings with RCI are being held once every two weeks
% Operations meetings with RCI are being held once every two weeks
% Implementation of a JvNCnet "all nodes" meeting three times a year
approved
% Regional to Regional backup/backdoors being discussed with PREPnet
and NEARnet
% Exploration to access other Federal Agency Networks
% Recommendations to Case/Datatel for their CSU/DSUs have been accepted
by DATATEL and will be a standard offering
% Establishment of the Network Information Services within the JvNC
Network Department
% The Network Information Center On Line (NICOL) facility to access to
on line network documentation such as JvNCnet documentation, RFCs,
IDEAS, maps, contacts, etc
% Incorporation of two additional people to the JvNCnet staff (total
of nine people approved, eight people are currently hired).
For more information on the JvNCnet please send mail to
"JvNCnet-nic@jvnca.csc.org".
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| John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center |
| Sergio Heker tel: (609) 520-2000 |
| Director for Networking fax: (609) 520-1089 |
| Internet: "heker@jvnca.csc.org" Bitnet: "heker@jvnc" |
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